Thalassiosira proschkinae Makarova in Makarova, Genkal & Kuzmin, 1979
Thalassiosira proschkinae
Frustules with spines (SEM)
Photographer/artist Mats Kuylenstierna
Additional image information
- Title
- Thalassiosira proschkinae
- Photographer/artist
- Mats Kuylenstierna
- Copyright holder
- Maria Kuylenstierna
- Institute
- University of Gothenburg, Marine botany
- Contributor
- Bengt Karlson
- Caption
- Frustules with spines (SEM)
- Image galleries
- Kuylenstierna, Skagerrak-Kattegat
Description
- IDs in other systems
- Dyntaxa ID: 237283
More info at http://www.artdata.slu.se/dyntaxa - AlgaeBase ID: 33070
More info at http://algaebase.org - REBECCA code: R0095
More info at http://www.freshwaterecology.info
- Dyntaxa ID: 237283
- Tropic type
- A
- Morphology
- With one central labiate process close to a strutted process, with or without spines
- Other remarks
Distribution: Worldwide- Life form
- Solitary or in large colonies
- Size
- Diameter = 3-11.5 µm
- Literature
- Feibicke, M., Wendker, S. & Geissler, U. 1990. Thalassiosira proschkinae Makarova - a contribution to its morphology and autecology. Beiheft zur Nova Hedwigia. 100: 155-169.
Hasle, G. R. & Syvertsen, E. E. 1996. Marine diatoms. In: Tomas, C. R. (ed.) Identifying marine diatoms and dinoflagellates. Academic Press, Inc., San Diego, p. 5-385.
Takano, H. 1990. Diatoms. In “Red tide organisms in Japan-An illustrated taxonomic guide”. (Y. Fukuyo, H. Takano, M. Chihara & K. Matsuoka eds) . Uchida Rokakuho, Tokyo, p. 162-331.
Biovolumes
| Species | Thalassiosira proschkinae |
|---|---|
| Author | Makarova in Makarova, Genkal & Kuzmin 1979 |
| Division | CHRYSOPHYTA (HETEROKONTOPHYTA) |
| Class | Diatomophyceae (Bacillariophyceae) |
| Order | EUPODISCALES (BIDDULPHIALES, CENTRALES) |
| Trophy | AU |
| Geometric shape |  |
| Formula | p/4*d^2*h |
| Size class | 1 |
|---|---|
| Unit | cell |
| Size range | 5-6 |
| Height(h), µm | 2.7 |
| Diameter(d1), µm | 5.4 |
| No. of cells/counting unit | 1 |
| Calculated volume, µm3 | 62 |
| Comment | 6 |
| Calculated Carbon pg/counting unit | 8 |
Source
Olenina, I., Hajdu, S., Edler, L., Andersson, A., Wasmund, N., Busch, S., Göbel, J.,
Gromisz, S., Huseby, S., Huttunen, M., Jaanus, A., Kokkonen, P., Ledaine, I. and Niemkiewicz,
E.
2006 Biovolumes and size-classes of phytoplankton in the Baltic Sea HELCOM Balt.Sea Environ. Proc. No. 106, 144pp. (PDF),
PEG_BVOL.zip
Change History
- 2012-12-10 13:16:24 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Thalassiosira proschkinae_2.jpg
- 2012-12-10 13:16:00 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Thalassiosira proschkinae_2.jpg
- 2012-12-10 13:11:55 Ann-Turi Skjevik - Updated media metadata for Thalassiosira proschkinae_2.jpg
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